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How much is gasoline where you live?
In Chicago most stations are 3.99 or above 4$.
in Indianapolis the average price is 3.50 with some stations as low as 3.38$
Corruption has a price.
Soon only the 1% will be able to afford living in the mega cities.
You should start an Indianapolis vs Chicago thread.
Wait - you live in Indianapolis and call Chicago the armpit of the nation?
Ok. 'The Crossroads of America' ~ at least they know where they stand.
BRG is an Indianapolis poster, but he does not live there. His location says Michiana, which is the counties on the Michigan/Indiana border. More specifically he lives in South Bend, know it?
How much is gasoline where you live?
In Chicago most stations are 3.99 or above 4$.
in Indianapolis the average price is 3.50 with some stations as low as 3.38$
Corruption has a price.
Soon only the 1% will be able to afford living in the mega cities.
Illinois has additional taxes on their gasoline, and gas prices in larger cities is always going to be more expensive due to higher demand.
Also, if Indianapolis were a true major and urban center it would have a reliable mass transit system so people did not have to rely on cars to get everywhere, much like Chicago does, the El. Effective mass transit systems make gas prices kind of null and void since most people will likely use the mass transit system to get to and from work and will thus save a lot more on gas, some of these people may not even own a car.
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Originally Posted by urbanlife78
For me, gasoline is $0.00 dollars cause I have no car to pump it into. Very urban cities tend to function around public transportation options. One could live in Chicago and rely on the El, which is there is a reason why so many people live along the Red Line.
If you live in the suburbs and have to drive for everything, then you are definitely a slave to the gas pump and live and die by the cost of gasoline.
Illinois has additional taxes on their gasoline, and gas prices in larger cities is always going to be more expensive due to higher demand.
Also, if Indianapolis were a true major and urban center it would have a reliable mass transit system so people did not have to rely on cars to get everywhere, much like Chicago does, the El. Effective mass transit systems make gas prices kind of null and void since most people will likely use the mass transit system to get to and from work and will thus save a lot more on gas, some of these people may not even own a car.
Read this BRG ^
Making no comparison between the two cities, you can live in Indianapolis without a car. Thousands do it daily. I did it for ten years. Walked to the grocer, etc. and took the bus to work on 96th and 103rd. Not everyone can do that esp living in the southern townships or know how to. Larger cities, it's just a way of life. Cities like indianapolis it's seen as an avenue for only the poor.
Making no comparison between the two cities, you can live in Indianapolis without a car. Thousands do it daily. I did it for ten years. Walked to the grocer, etc. and took the bus to work on 96th and 103rd. Not everyone can do that esp living in the southern townships or know how to. Larger cities, it's just a way of life. Cities like indianapolis it's seen as an avenue for only the poor.
This is very true. The middle class and the well to do people will rarely engage in riding a bike or walking to work or ESPECIALLY riding the bus in smaller cities with smaller mass transit systems. In larger cities like Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, you have the subway or the El, and a very effective bus system that people of all backgrounds and income levels will use. Indianapolis doesn't have the mass transit to support this as of yet, it's a very suburban and car dominated city.
I wonder which of those two cities gets more tourism.
A carnival sideshow gets lots of tourism. But I wouldn't want to live there.
I lived in Chicago for 20 years and would not want to go back there. Given a choice between Chicago's record high murder rate and Indy's record low, I would choose the latter in a hearbeat. http://www.indystar.com/article/2013...-112-homicides
Sure, in any case you are not likely to be murdered or raped, but if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it will f*** up your day. And it's a lot more likely to happen in Chicago.
A carnival sideshow gets lots of tourism. But I wouldn't want to live there.
I lived in Chicago for 20 years and would not want to go back there. Given a choice between Chicago's record high murder rate and Indy's record low, I would choose the latter in a hearbeat. http://www.indystar.com/article/2013...-112-homicides
Sure, in any case you are not likely to be murdered or raped, but if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it will f*** up your day. And it's a lot more likely to happen in Chicago.
Well in that case, Chicago's GDP is about 5 times the size of Indianapolis's. And the reality is, you lived there for 20 years for a reason and obviously changed in life and felt like you needed something different. Maybe you are the type of person that would like the more slow pace of Indy or really long for that typical suburban lifestyle....does that mean everyone needs to live the same way you do?
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